GIS In Action - Call for papers

April 23rd & 24th, 2018
HOLD THE DATE!

​Please mark your calendars for the TWENTY-SEVENTH Annual GIS In Action Conference, hosted by the Columbia River Region of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) and the Oregon-Southwest Washington Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA). 

This year, we are again at Portland State University! Each year ASPRS and URISA collaborate to hold this informational conference on current issues in the Geospatial Information Community. 
 
Call for Presentations!
Please submit a Paper Title, Name, and Email at this time by emailing our Program Chair, Jamie Ludwig: mailto:[email protected].  

You will be asked the first week of January 15, 2018 to complete more information using a Google form. Paper submissions should be submitted by February 1, 2018.  

Abstracts submitted after this date are welcome, but those submitted by the deadline will be given first consideration in the program.

Presenters receive a $125 discount on the registration fee of $270.
View last year’s program here.
 
Call for Posters!
Participants will have an opportunity to present a poster about map topics.   Poster contestants can enter for reasons such as to show their skills, to learn new skills, or to show their finished project after a long time of creating.  Posters will be competing incategories for prizes.
The details for displaying Posters entering are below:
 
Map Size: Posters can be any size, but larger sizes are preferred. The maxim poster size is 4 ft x 6 ft, eitherin landscape or portrait layouts
 
Judging: Maps will be judged by conference attendees according to the following categories:

• Cartographic - The quality of the visual display
  
• Analytic presentation - Communication of meaningful patterns in data
  
• Data Integration - Combining data from different sources
  
• Public Service - Posters that display for the public

Award: Awards will be divided amongst the winners of the categories after ballots are counted. The prize amount for the category will depend on how many are entered. The more entered the higher the overall prizes. There may be a second place prize if there are more then four contestants in a category.

Pickup: Please pick up the poster after the conference to avoid loss of your creative efforts. Posters cannot be removed prior to closing Key Note

Registration Closes on Friday, April 13, 2018, at around 5:00 pm.  This is in order for creating Abstracts for display and booklet, Ballots and Digital Poster Display, 
Click Here to Enter the Poster Contest
 
 
Any questions about the conference please contact Rich L’Esperance at: mailto://[email protected]​